Triple

T18337362
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Into the West E439306 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Timothy Van Patten
Timothy Van Patten is an American television director, producer, and former actor best known for his work on acclaimed series such as The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, and Game of Thrones.
E1320662 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Timothy Van Patten | Statement: [Into the West, director, Timothy Van Patten]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Timothy Van Patten
Context triple: [Into the West, director, Timothy Van Patten]
  • A. Richard Vincent Van Patten
    Richard Vincent Van Patten is the birth name of American actor Dick Van Patten, best known for his role as the father on the television series "Eight Is Enough."
  • B. Tom Patten
    Tom Patten is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname Patten.
  • C. John Gibbon
    John Gibbon was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later played a key role in the Indian Wars, including campaigns against the Nez Perce.
  • D. Ian Caldwell
    Ian Caldwell is an American novelist best known for co-authoring the bestselling historical thriller "The Rule of Four."
  • E. Dwight Hauser
    Dwight Hauser was an American screenwriter and film producer known for his work on mid-20th-century family and adventure films, including several Disney nature and animal features.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Timothy Van Patten
Triple: [Into the West, director, Timothy Van Patten]
Generated description
Timothy Van Patten is an American television director, producer, and former actor best known for his work on acclaimed series such as The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, and Game of Thrones.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Timothy Van Patten
Target entity description: Timothy Van Patten is an American television director, producer, and former actor best known for his work on acclaimed series such as The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, and Game of Thrones.
  • A. Richard Vincent Van Patten
    Richard Vincent Van Patten is the birth name of American actor Dick Van Patten, best known for his role as the father on the television series "Eight Is Enough."
  • B. Tom Patten
    Tom Patten is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname Patten.
  • C. John Gibbon
    John Gibbon was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later played a key role in the Indian Wars, including campaigns against the Nez Perce.
  • D. Ian Caldwell
    Ian Caldwell is an American novelist best known for co-authoring the bestselling historical thriller "The Rule of Four."
  • E. Dwight Hauser
    Dwight Hauser was an American screenwriter and film producer known for his work on mid-20th-century family and adventure films, including several Disney nature and animal features.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69d8b9175fec8190af865699b4e64d8c completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e50ece387881909a5da0aa4370489c completed April 19, 2026, 5:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03d76c542881909d2592c2b4646ad5 completed May 13, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03d80cbd708190b9b54ff85c5ec66c completed May 13, 2026, 1:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03d8a25460819090f1ffa15f05a716 completed May 13, 2026, 1:49 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:37 a.m.